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Republican challenger Paul Spain tells voters he can "work across party lines to get things done in Washington." His Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, says she has spent nearly two years doing just that.

Spain and Frankel are running in a congressional district in Broward and Palm Beach counties that has elected four different representatives in the past 10 years, shifting between political paries each time. Veteran Republican Clay Shaw was defeated by Democrat Ron Klein, who was ousted by tea party favorite Allen West, who was replaced by Frankel after he ran in a more Republican-friendly district.

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